sonorant

English

Etymology

From sonorous +‎ -ant, 1930s.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /səˈnɔːɹ(ə)nt/, /ˈsɒn(ə)ɹ(ə)nt/

Noun

sonorant (plural sonorants)

1. (phonetics) A speech sound that is produced without turbulent airflow in the vocal tract; the generic term of vowel, approximant, nasal consonant, etc.

   Synonym: resonant

   Antonym: obstruent

   Hyponyms: approximant, glide, liquid, nasal

Translations

speech sound

• Armenian: ձայնորդ (hy) (jaynord)
• German: Sonorant (de) m; Klanglaut m
• Hungarian: zengőhang, szonoráns
• Japanese: 共鳴音 (kyōmeion)
• Polish: sonorant m, spółgłoska zwarto-otwarta m
• Portuguese: soante (pt) f, consonante soante f
• Russian: соно́рный (ru) m (sonórnyj)

Further reading

• sonorant on Wikipedia.Wikipedia